AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2023: The Dutch government is providing larger fossil fuel subsidies than previously thought. The report 'Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in the Netherlands' published today by SOMO, Oil Change International, and Friends of the Earth Netherlands estimates these subsidies at Euros37.5 billion per year. The authors call for an urgent and just phase   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12217) on the legal framework for federal methane regulation on Sept. 5, 2023, by legislative attorney Benjamin M. Barczewski: * * * The Legal Framework for Federal Methane Regulation Methane is a greenhouse gas with 25 times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide. Methane makes up about 11% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Primary sources of methane include oil and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11175) on the U.S.-Mexico trade relations on Sept. 1, 2023, by international trade and finance specialist M. Angeles Villarreal. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S.-Mexico Trade Relations The U.S.-Mexico economic and trade relationship is of interest to Congress because of Mexico's proximity to the United States, the extensive bilateral trade and investment relationship under the U.S.-Mexico-  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * European Gas Storage Is Nearly Full. Now What? By Ben Cahill and Kunro Irie On August 16, the European Union met a key energy security target more than 10 weeks early: natural gas inventories reached 90 percent of capacity. The European Commission hailed this as an important sign of progress and credited its regulations last year that mandated cuts in gas consumpt  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 5 -- Fire, an open-access journal about the science, policy and technology of vegetation fires and how they interact with communities and the environment, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 6, Issue 8): * A New Perspective on Hydrogen Chloride Scavenging at High Temperatures for Reducing the Smoke Acidity of PVC Cables in Fires V: Comparison between EN 60754-1 and EN 60754-2 * Fire Incidents, Trends, and Risk   more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Today's MI Environment story by Cory Connolly, Climate and Energy Advisor in EGLE's Office of Climate and Energy, is from the State of the Great Lakes report. Michigan and the Great Lakes already feel the effects of changing climate. Warmer waters feed bacteria and toxic algal blooms. Disrupted ecosystems displace native species and make inva  more

PARIS, France, Sept. 4 -- New Journal of Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the National Center for Scientific Research that says it covers crystal design and understanding of solid-state and crystalline materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 14, 2023, edition (Vol. 47, Issue 34): * A facile one-pot synthesis of N-acyl-1-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline via a photoredox and Reissert-type reaction from 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines * Visible-light  more

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2023: The Dutch government is providing larger fossil fuel subsidies than previously thought. The report 'Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies in the Netherlands' published today by SOMO, Oil Change International, and Milieudefensie estimates these subsidies at Euros37.5 billion per year. The authors call for an urgent and just phase out of all fossil subsidies by 2025. The CO? em  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Oversight Committee Republicans sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg requesting a briefing, documents, and communications related to DOT's efforts to investigate and remediate a disturbing pattern of aviation and rail safet  more